Job description
Do you want to change the world? We do, too.
SunPower is changing the way our world is powered every day with a passionate and driven team of more than 3,660 full-time employees in North America and the Philippines. SunPower provides world-class solar solutions to residential customers across the U.S. with a commitment to a superior customer experience. We welcome forward thinkers, freedom chasers and all those demanding better, cleaner energy to join us.
Summary of Role:
SunPower is seeking an experienced Corporate Compliance and Privacy Counsel to drive our corporate compliance and data privacy initiatives. You’ll play a key role in providing practical, actionable advice our teams on evolving legal issues related to corporate compliance, data privacy, and data security. You will also look for opportunities to distinguish SunPower as a corporate compliance and privacy thought leader, using your expertise to foster an organizational culture that puts corporate compliance and the privacy of our customers first. The role requires a self-motivated and highly collaborative individual who excels in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Work closely with senior management to establish a robust and accountable corporate compliance framework that addresses conflicts of interest, bribery, corruption, insider trading, and other related risks.
- Build scalable, effective policies and procedures that safeguard customer information, in compliance with data privacy and security regulations, such as GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other state laws.
- Work with stakeholders to scope and conduct regular risk assessments and implement measures to mitigate privacy and security threats and integrate best practices into company operations.
- Deliver training and resources to employees to promote corporate compliance, ethical business practices, data privacy, and security, including effective communication of evolving legal requirements and industry best practices.
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years of relevant experience at a leading law-firm (or government agency) and in-house legal department.
- J.D. degree from an ABA Accredited law school with an active state bar membership.
- Experience in product counseling on issues related to consumer protection, privacy, data protection.
- Subject matter expertise regarding global privacy laws and regulations (including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, as well as GLBA and other US state and international data protection frameworks), as well as experience negotiating data protection terms in a variety of agreements based on these privacy frameworks.
- Strong project management, leadership, and interpersonal skills necessary to work closely with members of different business groups and functions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex compliance, privacy and security concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Able to rapidly adapt to changing priorities, manage workflow, create and improve processes, set priorities, and deliver results.
- Motivated and proactive self-starter with a demonstrated ability to work efficiently with teams under minimal supervision.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Relevant certifications in data privacy and security, such as CIPP, CIPM, CIPT, and/or related certifications.
- Experience with agile software development, machine learning and software development processes, and implementing data privacy by design and default.
- Background in solar, battery storage, electric vehicle, smart home or semiconductor technology, including equipment, software and devices, tools and processes .
- Preferred location near SunPower offices in Richmond, CA, Bellevue, WA, or Austin, TX, with remote options available.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and underrepresented minorities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At SunPower, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer and makes employment decisions, including but not limited to, hiring, firing, promotion, demotion, training, and/or compensation, on the basis of merit. Employment decisions are based on an individual’s qualifications as they relate to the job under consideration. The Company’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions, the actual sex of the individual, or the gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, including religious dress practices and religious grooming practices, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company, including supervisors and co-workers.
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Accommodation for Applicants to SunPower Corporation
SunPower Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following alternative email address to contact us about your interest in employment at SunPower Corporation: jobs@sunpower.com. Please indicate in the subject that line of your email that you are requesting accommodation. Only candidates being considered for a position who require an accommodation will receive a follow-up response.
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Availability of Affirmative Action Plan for Review
SunPower is a federal government contractor. As a part of the Company’s obligations under law, it must develop a written Affirmative Action Program (AAP) for the Disabled, Recently Separated Veterans, Armed Forces Service Medal Veterans, Disabled Veterans and Active Duty Wartime Or Campaign Badge Veterans and for Women and Minorities as specified by law. Non-confidential and non-proprietary aspects of the AAP are available for inspection by applicants and employees, consistent with applicable law, which will be made available during office hours by contacting the EEO Officer.
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